About the Authors

Janne Marie Schöning

Affiliation Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Nadine Cerny

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology (IVB), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Sarah Prohaska

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology (IVB), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Max M. Wittenbrink

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology (IVB), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Noel H. Smith

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Weybridge, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Guido Bloemberg

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology (IMM), Medical Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Mirjam Pewsner

Affiliation Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Irene Schiller

Affiliation Federal Veterinary Office, Animal Health Division, Bern, Switzerland

Francesco C. Origgi

Affiliation Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis

marie-pierre.ryser@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR IS MW. Performed the experiments: JS MP NC SP GB NS FO. Analyzed the data: JS MR SP NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW. Wrote the paper: JS MR NC.